Process of wiring bottles.



O. TOPP. PROCESS OP WIRING BOTTLES. APELIQATIQN FILED MAR. 3, 1909.

948,286. Patented Feb. 1,1910.

Jl. BY

'UNITED sTATEs PATENT oFFioE.

ORLA. TOPP, OF GOPENHAGEN, DENMARK, ASSIGNOR '1*0 ISIDORE GIiUCK, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

PROCESS 0F WIRING BOTTLES.

Speciication of LettersPatent.

Patented Feb. 1, 1910.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, OPLA TOPP, citizen of the Kingdom of Denmark, and a resident of Blaagaardsgade 16A, Copenhagen, Denmark, printer, have invented new and useful Improvements in Processes of l/Viring Bottles, of which the following is a specilication.

The invention is specially adapted to prevent the twisted sharp edges of wire from sticking out and thereby constituting a common source of danger from cuts and vwounds to those who later on have to handle the bottles. v

The invention therefore consists in the wire being placed on the bottle in such a manner that the previously twisted rough ends of the wire are placed upon the surface of the cork, while the twisting is car-` ried out by the two loops. The wire to be used for wiring the corks must be first treated for instance in suitable machines which do not form any part of the present invention and in which it is given the form shown in Figure 3 of the accompanying drawing.

The invention is shown in the said drawing, whereplaced in the smaller loop, so that the wire Fig. 1 shows the apparatus for' wiring partly in section. Fig. 2 is a detail of the spring hook. Fig. 3 shows the neck of the bottle and the wire at the rst stage in the wiring viewed from above. Fig. 4 shows the neck of the bottle and the wire in sideelevation in the second stage of the wiring. Fig. 5 shows the third stage of the wiring. Figs. 6 and 7 show the nished wiring viewed from above and in front, respectively.

As previously mentioned the invention consists principally in the fact that the wire which is to be placed upon the bottle is so arranged that it consists of two loops' of which the one is larger than the other. The larger loop 1 comprises likewise the twisted ends 4. The wiring such a manner that the neck of the bottle is falls into the groove which is.to be found upon most bottles under the collar. This position is shown in Fig. 3 'and afterward the, long loop is bent over the cork as shown in Fig. 4, and the ends of the two loops are is now Acarried out in then twisted together as shown in Fig. 5,"

which forces the cork upward, be slightly pressed down into the cork.

The process can be carried out by hand or with an ordinary pair of pliers, but I prefer to employ the device shown 'in the accompanying drawing.

Upon the plate 8 are placed one or more bearings 9, upon which the threaded spindle 10 can move as in a nut; .this spindle has a continuation 11, which ends in a piston 12 which can slide in a cylinder 18, by which means there is formed a combined guide or bearing and a sort of air brake, as the cylinder is furnished with an air escape openlng 18, so that the travel of the spindle 11 and hence that of the screw 10 can beregulated,

as the piston is brought back again by a.

cord 20, which travels over a roller 22 and carries aweight 21, while its other end is fastened in a' convenient manner to the farthest end of the spindle 10. The piston 12 is provided with a hook consisting oftwo parts 14 and 15, which are pivotedupon the bolt 16. These parts are separated by the small spring 17. This is arranged in this manner in order to assure reliable wiring, even upon bottles of the utmost variation in diameter, as the loop, on account of the two spring hook parts, will always remain' extended. j

The apparatus works in the following mannerzThe neck of the bottle 6 is held in front of the hook parts 14 and 14, after lwhich a wire, consisting of a long loop 1 with the twisted ends 4 and a short loop 2 as well as the small twisted part 3 1s placed upon the neck of the bottle with the short `loop 2 over the hook as shown in Figs. land 3, and then the long loop 1 is bent over the bottle, so that the end of the loop'l also oes on over the hook. Afterward Iwhen the ottle is pulled the hook 14and 15 will revolve one and a half times, as the screw spindle 10 is'drawn through the bearing 9 formed likea nut, and the ends of the two loops willv thereupon be twisted as shown in Fig. 5,

and by a quick movement the two loops are brought away from the hook, after which the Weight 2l will bring the hook back, the speed of which is regulated by the opening 18. The twisted wire 5 and the two ends of the loops are then pressed down along 'the top of the cork, and then twisting the ends of the loops together,

2. The herein-described process of wiring bottles, consisting in forming two loops from a single piece of wire with the twisted ends of the wire in a side member of one loop, passing one loop over the -neck of a bottle, bending the other loop over the closure of the bottle, and twisting the ends of the two `loops together at one s1de of the bottle neck.

Signed by me at Copenhagen, Denmark this 12th day of February, 1909.

, ORLA TOPP. Witnesses:

CHARLES HUDE, TIsBnAw lVoLslNG. 

